Walt Bellamy vs. Walt Budko Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Walt Budko and Walt Bellamy, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Walt Budko, who played 4. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Walt Budko had his rookie season in 1948-49. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Walt Bellamy	Walt Budko
Season	1961-62	1948-49
Team	Chicago Packers	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets (1st) Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Walt Budko	60	-	11.5	-	-	-	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	3.7	10.7	.348	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Budko	3	-	12.3	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	5.3	3.7	8.7	.423	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.789

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Walt Budko
Season	1962-63	1949-50
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Walt Budko	66	-	9.0	-	-	-	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	3.0	9.9	.304	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Budko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Walt Budko
Season	1963-64	1950-51
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Walt Budko	64	-	7.8	-	-	7.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.2	2.6	7.3	.356	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.744
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Walt Budko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Walt Budko
Season	1964-65	1951-52
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Warriors Lost East Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Walt Budko	63	17.9	4.0	-	-	3.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.1	1.5	3.8	.404	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.674
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Walt Budko	3	19.3	5.3	-	-	4.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.7	2.0	4.7	.429	-	-	-	1.3	2.3	.571